Alcatraz Island — The Rock, Federal Penitentiary & the Bay Tour
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Alcatraz Island — The Rock, Federal Penitentiary & the Bay Tour

Alcatraz Island — the 22-acre island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, 2.4 kilometres offshore, that served successively as a US Army fortification (1850s), a military prison (1861-1934), and the federal penitentiary known as 'The Rock' (1934-1963, housing America's most dangerous and high-profile federal prisoners including Al Capone, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly, and Robert Stroud the 'Birdman of Alcatraz') — is the most visited site in the entire National Park System after the Washington Monument.

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